Category: Benefits and Allowances

A Guide to the Payment Scheme if you are severely disabled as a result of vaccination against specific diseases

Organisations and charities offering disabled people and carers welfare benefits advice and various advice services in the UK. Listings start with the catchment area for the organisation. Most organisations are members of the Disability Information...

Being the victim of a violent crime may make you eligible to receive compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA)

As a carer It’s advantageous to know what benefits you and the person you care for are entitled to

You may be awarded Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit through a work accident (industrial accident) or by developing an industrial disease. The scheme does not cover certain groups of people, for example, the self-employed, members of...

A Guide to Bereavement Payment, Bereavement Allowance, Widowed Parent’s Allowance and their effect on State Retirement Pension. See also Benefit Rates How death affects benefits As well as the emotional effects of the death of...

Jobseeker’s Allowance (being replaced by Universal Credit during 2013) is a benefit for people of working age who are out of work or work less than 16 hours a week on average.

A Guide to Constant Attendance Allowance an entitlement for people
who need constant care through an injury or disease

If you are a higher education student with a disability living in England, you can apply for a Disabled Students Allowance (DSA). The disability can include a: long-term health condition mental health condition specific learning...

Council Tax Reduction now falls under the umbrella of Council Tax Support. If you are disabled or have a disabled person living with you there may be entitlement to a reduction in Council Tax. Council...